Item No. 3b 
Date:   April 22, 2014
Earth Day 2014 
Elizabeth Leavitt 
Director, Aviation Planning and Environment 
Stephanie Jones Stebbins 
Director, Seaport Environment and Planning 
April 22, 2014

Electric Ground Support Equipment
(EGSE) 
Completed Phase I:
296 charging
stations installed 
Phase II to be
completed in 2014
for a total of 600
stations

Pre-Conditioned Air 
Installed at 68 of 73 gate locations 
Allows pilots to turn off their
engines 
Saves airlines approximately $13
million in fuel 
Expected to reduce approximately
40,000 tons of greenhouse gases
per year

More Renewable Fuels

Greener Skies Initiative

More Food Bank Donations 
More concessions participating in our program this
year, led to donating surplus food to local food bank 
Donated over 122,000 lbs. since 2006 
In 2013, increased our donations by approximately
40% to a total of 550 meals per week.

Sustainable In-Sights

Sustainable Airport Master Plan 
Align traditional master planning with new
sustainability challenges 
Environmental goals as key requirements 
Evaluate alternatives to ensure we meet our
goals 
Achieve greater environmental and economic
performance

Strategic Alignment

Aviation Key Metrics 



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What's Happening in 2014? 
Finish EGSE and PC Air 
More electric charging stations in the
parking garage 
More options for renewable natural gas
and biomethane 
Sustainable Airport Master Plan 
Compostable Service Ware and LEED
Buildings

Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy 

Update adopted by Commission in December 2013 
Goals to further reduce emissions of diesel
particulate matter and greenhouse gases in years
2015 and 2020 

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Grants Received - Clean Truck Program 
Congestion Mitigation for Air Quality (CMAQ) 
grant: $3.5 million in funding from USDOT 
Clean Diesel grant: $0.5 million from WA Dept 
of Ecology 
Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grant:
$1.2 million in funding from 
USEPA 

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Awards 
2013 Breathe Easy Champion Award
American Lung Association 

2014 USEPA Clean Air Excellence Award 

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Permitting: Pile Systems Repair &
Maintenance 
Applications submitted in April 2012 
Reflects substantial technical analysis and
environmental impact assessment 
Port-wide pile inventory 
Underwater noise analysis 
GIS mapping 
Biological evaluation 
BMPs and conservation measures 
Monitoring plans 
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From this:                  To this: 
60K, 6 months             $2K, 60 days 

$2K, 60 days 





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Programmatic vs. Standard Permit Cost Comparison 
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P91 fender                    FT 2013 piling
system upgrade                  maintenance 
T18 Fender                 Terminal 5 fender pile
Replacement                    replacement 
T18 South End                Terminal 86 Steel pile
Fendering                  Corrosion Repair 
Terminal 102 Float Pile
Replacement 
Pier 90 Berth 8 Fender
pile replacement 
$178,574                      $10,000 


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T-91 Remediation 
Completed self
performed cleanup of
one hotspot area 
Completed design of
former tank farm area
and awarded
construction contract 

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East Waterway Superfund Site 
Final Supplemental
Remedial Investigation
Report submitted to
EPA 
Draft Feasibility Study
submitted to EPA 


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Terminal 117 Early Action Area 
Cleanup of uplands
began in May 
In water cleanup
began in December 
Supported Super JTI
with hiring a graduate 


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Lower Duwamish Waterway
Superfund Site 
EPA's proposed
plan out for
comment in 2013 
Comments on plan
to make it more
implementable 
Began study on
fishers' use of the
river 
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Strategic Alignment

Seaport Key Metrics 



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What's happening in 2014 
ScRAPS 2 launches 
Last year of ABC Fuels 
Remediation proceeds at T-91 and T-117 
ROD expected for Lower Duwamish 
Stormwater AKART completed with WPPA 
Installing a splash box at T-91 

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